Ulrich Bez

Ulrich Bez ( born November 17, 1943 in Bad Cannstatt ) is a German entrepreneur and engineer. He worked for various car manufacturers in his professional career and is currently Managing Director of the British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin.

Life

Ulrich Bez studied aeronautical engineering, before joining Porsche and there took responsibility for crash structures. During this time he received his doctorate and obtained a doctorate for the dissertation topic " contribution to the conception of traffic rescue means."

At BMW Bez became head of the " BMW Technik GmbH Munich " and was largely responsible for the development of the BMW Z1. Then he rose again in 1988 as Head of Development at Porsche on the board one. He was responsible in his three-year period of employment for the area of ​​motor sport and the development of the prototype four-door Porsche 989 before he left the company back.

In 1993, Bez went to South Korea for automakers Daewoo, who specialized to date on the license - production of Opel models. Under Bez were different cars, as developed, for example, the small car Daewoo Matiz.

He then returned to Europe, where he in 2000 as CEO of Aston Martin took over the management as he does currently on. Under his leadership, the company has modernized and become a successful manufacturer of sports cars. In addition to developing models DB9, V8 Vantage, Rapide and One-77, he led the sports car manufacturer back in motorsports.

The racing career

Bez takes regularly since 2006 in motor sport races such as the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring, where he took up with various Aston Martin vehicles, such as the V8 Vantage N24, V12 Vantage or V12 Zagato.